diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index de6b459..d65ef17 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -1027,16 +1027,16 @@
 	else
 		new_rate = parent_rate;
 
-	/* abort the rate change if a driver returns NOTIFY_BAD */
+	/* abort rate change if a driver returns NOTIFY_BAD or NOTIFY_STOP */
 	if (clk->notifier_count)
 		ret = __clk_notify(clk, PRE_RATE_CHANGE, clk->rate, new_rate);
 
-	if (ret == NOTIFY_BAD)
+	if (ret & NOTIFY_STOP_MASK)
 		goto out;
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry(child, &clk->children, child_node) {
 		ret = __clk_speculate_rates(child, new_rate);
-		if (ret == NOTIFY_BAD)
+		if (ret & NOTIFY_STOP_MASK)
 			break;
 	}
 
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@
 
 	if (clk->notifier_count) {
 		ret = __clk_notify(clk, event, clk->rate, clk->new_rate);
-		if (ret == NOTIFY_BAD)
+		if (ret & NOTIFY_STOP_MASK)
 			fail_clk = clk;
 	}
 
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@
 		ret = __clk_speculate_rates(clk, p_rate);
 
 	/* abort if a driver objects */
-	if (ret == NOTIFY_STOP)
+	if (ret & NOTIFY_STOP_MASK)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* do the re-parent */